I deleted my files please help.

[ulao 0]

I was setting things up in emby and saw that many files were not found so a started to play a bit and found this edit medadata section. I removed the folders (delete) from it and come to find out that deleted the folder from my drive.  I spent years collecting and ripping, why would you have such a feature.

 

Here is the link to that section.

http://localhost:8096/web/index.html#!/edititemmetadata.html

 

I'm trying data recovery now I sure hope I can get all of this back, you really should consider a warning for this feature.

Edited March 1, 2020 by ulao

[pmac 143]

I agree, some kind of warning is needed for that feature (which I think is meant for people that tend to delete their media after watching it), but your title is a little misleading since "emby" didn't delete your files; you did. Unfortunately you just didn't realize you were doing so.

[ulao 0]

I think that is a fair statement for an operating system but not a media server. And, even the OS has the decency to confirm. Fortunately I do know how to recover data and it looks as though I'm ok. In contrast to your advice, this is actually a very good title for two reasons. 1) Someone might see it and save them the trouble, 2) maybe a dev will be understanding and add a warning. If it were me, I'd sticky it.

Edited March 1, 2020 by ulao

[Luke 42085]

It does give you a warning. It displays the folder path you will be deleting right in the confirmation dialog.

[ulao 0]

ok, I certainly was not given one. If I'm wrong, I would suggest a yellow exclamation point with a "files on your drive will be deleted". OR not... thx.

[Luke 42085]

What exactly did you click? Can you show a screenshot? Thanks.